Tuesday, 3 December 2013

A
beautiful
clear & relatively cool
day greeted
the 82 men & 18 ladies who turned up for
our shotgun start in the final comp
for 2013, a 2 Ball Ambrose.
94 stayed
for our breakup lunch which was catered for by the club. The
course was
in good condition with
greens not
as fast as they have been, which may have been a relief to some.
Congratulations to the greensstaff.

Thanks
to the
caterers & bar staff who looked after us very well. The meal was
on the tables promptly & the prawns plentiful. Thanks to Dave
Pascoe who kindly volunteered to drive around with cold water during
the game to keep us rehydrated. Thanks
also to eagle eyed non playing committee members on the verandah who
kindly & loudly pointed out my approach to the 18th
had gone O/B!

Welcome
to visitors for the day who were also some of our sponsors, Melody
Lucas & her guests Serge & Joan Battistin, Cate Dunbar &
Shae Isselbacher of Savannah Lifestyle Resorts, Carly Hatswell of
Easylift & Scott Payne of Complete Fitness Solutions & Katrin
Nash of Drummond Golf. Thanks to Melody for presenting the Savannah
Cup winners & to Carly for presenting the day's prizes.

Welcome
to new member Bill Peterson of Cairns.

The
winners of the progressive raffle cleaned up most of the items, but
I'm holding a couple for Gary Long & one for Dave Lawler.

We had some programs for 2014 available at registration. More will be available at our first game next year & a copy will be posted to this blog when we finalise sponsorships, probably early in January. I will be posting irregularly to the blog over the next few weeks if we have anything we think may be of interest to members, so please check it every week or so (if you remember during the festive season).

With
best wishes for a Happy Christmas & a healthy & prosperous
New Year from all the committee.

Friday, 29 November 2013

It is a 2 ball Ambrose, so pick your partner or leave us to assign you one at registration, which will be at the usual time, ie between 7 & 8am. It is also a shotgun start at 8.30am & sponsored by Easylift.

The game will be followed by our breakup lunch at the club. Cost for the day is $35 inclusive of lunch, but if you are unable to stay for that, the normal $10 comp fee.

The Savannah Cup presentation will take place whilst our day results are being finalised & Melody Lucas of Savannah Lifestyle Resorts will be playing & making the presentations.

How the course will be playing will depend on what rain we have in the meantime!

Below are the leaders after our last game. A full list of scores will be available at registration next week as usual, but well done to Lois Tait & Wal Anthony who are our winners. It was a close run thing in both sections.

Tuesday, 26 November 2013

President's
ReportAfter
a considerable downpour the afternoon before, we were fortunate to
have a fine but very hot & humid day for our shotgun start in the
final single stableford round qualifying for the Savannah Cup. (The Savannah Cup results will be posted when Colin Johannsen has finished his esoteric calculations!) 83
men & 17
ladies turned up to a
course in good condition &
greens which were coming along well although slow.
Congratulations to the green keeper.

Thanks
to Tom
Bryce for preparing the board & NTPs for us, to new Manager Philfor
running a much needed drinks cart, to Erica for
preparing
sandwiches & generally looking after us
& to Savannah
Lifestyle Resorts
for sponsoring the day. We
were pleased Melody Lucas from Savannah came down with one of her
directors, Steve Battistin,
to present the prizes, although she couldn't play.

The
game next Tuesday is our
last for the year & is followed by our breakup
lunch.
It is at
Cairns
& is a 2
ball Ambrose
with an 8.30
shotgun start,
sponsored by Easylift.
Cost
for the day is $35 with lunch, but if you are unable to stay for the
lunch our normal $10 comp fee applies. Melody will also be there to
play & also present the Savannah Cup trophies. See
you there.

RAFFLE
–the
last tickets for the progressive
raffle will
be sold at registration next week.So
far we have 14 prizes ranging from golf equipment to a tapestry. All
prizes are donated, so if your ticket is a lucky one, pick well as
you will not be able to exchange them.

Friday, 22 November 2013

Our game next Tuesday is at Gordonvale & is preceeded by our Annual General Meeting.

The AGMstarts promptly at8.00am, so registrations will close by then. Please make sure you sign the meeting attendance book, which should be available by the registration table. Nominations for the management committee have closed & no notices of motion have been received, so it should be a fairly brief meeting.

The game is a single stableford & the last qualifying round for the Savannah Cup. It is a SHOTGUN START at8.30am. It would assist us if you form into groups who intend to use carts & those who will walk and advise us accordingly at registration, so Captain Greg can allocate tees appropriately.

After the game & whilst Captain Greg is sorting out the day's results, we will have our presentations of annual trophies. Again, it would be appreciated if those who have won make an effort to play on the day & stay to collect their trophy, (so I don't have to lug the uncollected ones around!)

The course should be in good condition after our recent rain, so avoid the drains & see you there.

Tuesday, 19 November 2013

Despite
forecast of
storms, 79
men & 20
ladies who turned up to a
course in good condition apart
from some bare patches in the fairways & consistent greens.
Congratulations to the green keepers.Thanks
to the
caterers
for looking after us & to Brothers
Leagues Club
for sponsoring the day. Manager
Greg opened the bar early for a trial &
from the scores returned,
no doubt members made use of it!

Welcome
to visitor
Claire Hannan of Jabiru.

The
game next Tuesday is at Gordonvale
& is a shotgun
start at 8.30am single
stableford, sponsored by Savannah
Lifestyle Resorts.
It
will be the final game qualifying for the Savannah Cup & we will
have the presentation for that at our Xmas breakup.

Next
Tuesday is also our
AGM
which starts promptly
at 8am.
Presentation
of annual trophies,
apart from the Savannah Cup, will take place
immediately after the game,
whilst Captain Greg is finalising the day's comp results. I would
ask all those who have won (see below) to stay for the presentation.

COMMITTEE
NOMINATIONS –Nominations
for the Management Committee have now closed, butif
you are interested in serving on it, the committee has the power to
fill any casual vacancies should
any arise,
so just
copy & paste the form published earlier on this blog, or see June
for a copy at registration. Nominations
received for
2014 are:

RAFFLE
–
June is running a raffle over the next couple of games to be drawn at
the Xmas breakup lunch. It will be a progressive draw, ie first
drawn will get first pick of about 12 donated prizes, second drawn
will get next pick & so on. Anyone not present for the draw will
get what's left!Louis
Siedle